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Central Washington ranchers fight state over wetland penalties

In two cases spread across four courts, a family of ranchers continues to fight the state over a $268,000 fine and an order to restore allegedly damaged alkali wetlands near Pear Lake in Grant County. Two years into the battle, a Grant County judge denied the Wade and Teresa King a preliminary injunction that would allow the matter to be heard by a trial jury. The Kings have been Washington ...
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Examining how agriculture could switch to renewable energy

Mar. 18—MOSES LAKE — The topic of energy production is something that has become something of increasing interest in recent years as new technology is developed. David Funk, President and Founder of Zero Emissions Northwest, said his goal is to inform people about green energy sources that can save long-term money. "In certain scenarios we have to use what works today because we don't have ...
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Washington’s ‘constantly squeezed’ dairy farms find cheer in eggnog

LYNDEN, Whatcom County — More than 200 pairs of eyes turned to Larry Stap when he stepped into his dairy farm, Twin Brook Creamery, to check on the girls." Under the building's tin roof, a herd of curious Jersey cattle sheltered from the pelting rain on a December afternoon, crowding the edges of their pen to sniff newcomers. It's eggnog season, and "we need every drop of milk we can get," ...